Shavei Shomron
Shavei Shomron is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank.
Shavei Shomron is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank. Built on lands confiscated from the neighboring Palestinian villages of An-Naqura and Deir Sharaf, it is located to the west of Nablus, on the road to Tulkarm. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,077, mostly religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox Jews. Its municipal jurisdiction is 664 dunams, of which 272 dunams are built up.
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Worth seeing in and around Shavei Shomron
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nabi Yahya Mosque
The Nabi Yahya Mosque is a mosque containing the traditional tomb of Yahya in Sebastia, Nablus. The mosque also reputedly contains the tombs of the prophets Elisha and Obadiah.
1.7 km · Mosque in Sebastia, Nablus, West Bank · Wikipedia - 02El-Khirbe
El-Khirbe is an archaeological site in the Samarian hills of the modern-day West Bank. The site includes the remains of a Roman-era estate and mausoleum, a Samaritan synagogue from Late Antiquity, and associated agricultural installations.
1.3 km · archaeological site in the Samarian hills of the modern-day West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shavei Shomron
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 40 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 83 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 97 km
- Eilat → Shavei Shomron302 km · quickest by road, 6h 23m · ₪125–165
- Amman → Shavei Shomron79 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · JD6–7
- Beirut → Shavei Shomron184 km · quickest by road, 5h 56m · $30–41
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Shavei Shomron
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shavei Shomron. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Ben Gurion it is cheapest to take a "sherut" (shared taxi) to the bus station on Nablus Road by Damascus Gate, and then follow the directions above to Nablus.
- Go nextShared minibus taxis (sherut/servees) leaving Nablus tend to congregate around the center of town and along the two-sided Al-Gazalah (Al-Hadadeen) Street going southeast out of town.
- Go nextTo get there by hitchhiking, take a sherut to Tubas (₪7.50) and from there hitchhike east through Tayasir and Aqabah to the highway #578 or #90, and then north past the Israeli checkpoint.
From Wikivoyage: Nablus, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Shavei Shomron
Shavei Shomron is 43 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sebastiamunicipality in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine300 m
- Beit Ibamunicipality in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine3.9 km
- An-Naquravillage council in Nablus Governorate1.5 km
- Ijnisinyavillage council in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine3.1 km
- Deir Sharafvillage council in Nablus1.1 km
- Qusinvillage council in Nablus Governorate2.8 km